Ship s buoy



(No Model.) y I C. LANGE. SHIPS BUOY.

No. 578,342. Patented Mar. 9, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL LANGE, OF MARSHALL, MINNESOTA.

SHIPS BUOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,342, dated March 9,1897.

Application filed August 17, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CARL LANGE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Marshall, in the county of Lyon and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ships Buoys, of whichthe following is a description.

My invention relates to buoys, my object being to provide a device ofthis character which will be serviceable, cheap to manufac- In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofmydevice;Fig.2,aplanviewthereof; Fig. 8, a section on line m of Fig. 2, and Fig.4 a section on line y Q/ of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 indicates the planking of thedeck of a vessel. Suitably secured to said deck are seats 2 2, adaptedto conform to the shape of the buoy 3 and to receive and hold it inposition on the deck.

The buoy 3 is formed of any desirable ma- With a cover4 of ordinaryconstructionflined with rubber packing 5 and adapted to be held inposition in the buoy by means of a curved clamp 17, secured to the buoyat one end by a hinge 6, said clamp having a lip 7, provided with an eye8, and adapted to register with an eye 9 in a lip 10, also secured tothe buoy. The eyes in the respective lips are intended to serve as meansby which a locking device may be applied to the clamp, which is shown inthis instance to be a screw-threaded pin 11, although, as is obvious, apadlockor other means may be employed without departing from the spiritof my invention.

Projecting from the bottom of the buoy are two pins 12, adapted to t incorresponding recesses in the seats 2 2 and prevent the buoy Serial No.602,971. (No model.)

seats in which it rests and iioats upon the surface of the water, thecable paying out as the ship sinks. By means ofthe floating buoy theposition of the ship may be readily determined.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire .tosecure by Letters Patent, is-' A buoy comprising an air-tight receptacleprovided with a cover 4, lined With rubber packing, adapted to be heldin position by means of a curved hinged clalnp secured to the buoy atone end by means of a hinge, said clamp being provided with a lip havingan eye adapted to register with an eye 9 and lip 10 secured to the buoyfor locking said cover, pins projecting from the bottom of said buoyadapted to iit in corresponding recesses in the buoy-seat, and means forconnecting the buoy to the vessel comprising a reel and cable, saidcable being attached to the buoy by means of an eye 13, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

CARL LANGE.

Witnesses:

JOHN MYHRVAL, H. M. LANGLAND.

